Monday Morning Fly By: Sports Hangover

Meanwhile, our dear dear friends from Dirty Jerz got outscored 9-2 this weekend.

I guess they can be consoled by the fact that one of their 2 goals came from the 15-year, 100-million-dollar man? Aye ta taye, if it isn’t Billy O’Kovalchuk! He gives the Devils something with a bite in it. Puts them all into it, damn his soul. Father, Son and Holy Ghost and Jakes M’Carthy.

/Joyce

So the mystery player that was a ~$5.5mil contract…I guess it had to be one of Gagne, Richards, and Carter if you look at cap hits. I can only see Richards and Carter bringing that kind of value in a trade. I highly doubt anyone was giving a 4th overall draft pick up for Gagne
However, if you look at salaries, Carter’s salary this year is in fact $5.5mil exactly. And if we are going by salary, that should rule out Richards, who is making $6.4 mil, and Gagne who is making the same as his cap hit ($5.25)

Yeah, I think they were talking Carter, and it would make sense b/c Columbus needs a center.

As for the Gagne-to-Columbus article, I actually think name censored may have been referring to Jeff Carter.

If Columbus were to acquire Carter for the last year of his deal, they would have to pay his actual salary, yes?

Even though Carter’s cap hit is $5 million, his salary this year is $5.5 million, as referenced in the movie.

Tambellini mentions… he was talking about moving the 4th pick [to Philadelphia] if name censored was made available. Katz then responds " so he is going to give up the pick and take on 5 and a half million?"

Plus, they spoke of the deal like it would be a certainty; i.e., Scott Howson would automatically take on $5.5 million in exchange for a 4th-round pick. Gagne would have to approve such a deal; Carter would not.

I see Don beat me to this above, but whatever. That means we’re both right!

But I’ve only gotten about 1:30 hours of sleep over the past 24 hours, and have killed myself on two 5 hour energies and a starbucks latte. So i’m gonna try and make it through the game, but no promises. (PS, Geoff would be be proud of how well I did in a simulated case debate in my wired/exhausted state haha)

Boosh in net tonight.

Notice how every report from Teemu about Jakub Kovar talks about him making at least 30+ saves a game? The kid clearly has no defense in front of him but manages to keep HC Mountfield in games and, from what I can tell, is their team’s MVP. Granted, he is playing against weak competition in the Czech Extraliga, but he had decent numbers when he was on the OHL during stints with the Oshawa Generals (12-3-0 with a 3.14 GAA and a .903 Save %) and the Windsor Spitfires (14-3-0 with one shutout, a 3.42 GAA and a .893 Save %) and seems to be excelling in the Czech Republic.

So, right now, Kovar is 22 years old. I’d say next season, Kovar come back over and start to play with the Phantoms so we can start to see what the kids got and give him time playing in North America against AHL talent.

Between Bobrovsky, Joacim Eriksson and Kovar, I am very excited about the Flyers’ group of young, talented goalies.

Columbus Blue Jackets activate Jared Boll after 6-game absence

…the team will see the return of Jared Boll to the lineup, just in time to see his old mentor and occasional dance card partner, Jody Shelley.

When Boll was asked at the morning skate if he was healthy enough to fight tonight, he replied “I’m cleared to play. That’s what it means.” Boll has never recorded a fight against the Flyers in the regular season. I wouldn’t be shocked at all if we see Boll change that with Shelley or Dan Carcillo tonight. It’ll be interesting to see how the team responds if he does.